Citations about forgiveness from religious texts 
(in alphabetical order by the name of the religion)

Never is hate diminished by hatred; It is only diminished by love---This is an eternal law. --- Buddhism

 

Then Peter came up and said to him, "Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? As many as seven times?" Jesus said to him, "I do not say to you seven times, but seventy times seven." --- Christianity

 

He who forgives and makes peace, shall find his reward for it from God. --- Islam

 

The most beautiful thing a man can do is to forgive wrong. --- Judaism

 

Where there is forgiveness there is God himself. --- Sikhism

 

Recompense injury with kindness. --- Taoism

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From the book, Oneness: Great Principles Shared by All Religions, by Jeffrey Moses